Table

List tables¶

GET/api/v2/databases/{database}/schemas/{schema}/tables
Lists the tables under the database and schema.

Path Parameters¶

ParameterDescription
database 
Identifier (i.e. name) for the database to which the resource belongs. You can use the `/api/v2/databases` GET request to get a list of available databases.
schema 
Identifier (i.e. name) for the schema to which the resource belongs. You can use the `/api/v2/databases/{database}/schemas` GET request to get a list of available schemas for the specified database.

Query Parameters¶

ParameterDescription
like string
Query parameter to filter the command output by resource name. Uses case-insensitive pattern matching, with support for SQL wildcard characters.
startsWith string
Query parameter to filter the command output based on the string of characters that appear at the beginning of the object name. Uses case-sensitive pattern matching.
showLimit integer
Query parameter to limit the maximum number of rows returned by a command.
fromName string
Query parameter to enable fetching rows only following the first row whose object name matches the specified string. Case-sensitive and does not have to be the full name.
history boolean
Optionally includes dropped tables that have not yet been purged.
deep boolean
Optionally includes dependency information of the table.

Response¶

CodeDescription
200
successful
202
Successfully accepted the request, but it is not completed yet.

Create a table (clone and undrop are separate subresources)¶

POST/api/v2/databases/{database}/schemas/{schema}/tables
Create a table.

Query Parameters¶

ParameterDescription
createMode string
Query parameter allowing support for different modes of resource creation. Possible values include:
  • errorIfExists: Throws an error if you try to create a resource that already exists.
  • orReplace: Automatically replaces the existing resource with the current one.
  • ifNotExists: Creates a new resource when an alter is requested for a non-existent resource.
copyGrants boolean
Query parameter to enable copy grants when creating the object.

Response¶

CodeDescription
200
Successful request.
202

Create a table using the result of the specified select query (Deprecated)¶

POST/api/v2/databases/{database}/schemas/{schema}/tables/{name}:as_select
Create a table as select.

Query Parameters¶

ParameterDescription
query string
The SQL select query to run to set up the table values (and possibly columns).

Response¶

CodeDescription
200
202

Create a table using the result of the specified select query¶

POST/api/v2/databases/{database}/schemas/{schema}/tables:as-select
Create a table as select.

Query Parameters¶

ParameterDescription
query string
The SQL select query to run to set up the table values (and possibly columns).

Response¶

CodeDescription
200
202

Create a table using the templates specified in staged files (Deprecated)¶

POST/api/v2/databases/{database}/schemas/{schema}/tables/{name}:using_template
Create a table using template.

Query Parameters¶

ParameterDescription
query string
The SQL query that uses INFER_SCHEMA on staged files to set the column definitions for the new table.

Response¶

CodeDescription
200
202

Create a table using the templates specified in staged files¶

POST/api/v2/databases/{database}/schemas/{schema}/tables:using-template
Create a table using template.

Query Parameters¶

ParameterDescription
query string
The SQL query that uses INFER_SCHEMA on staged files to set the column definitions for the new table.

Response¶

CodeDescription
200
202

Fetch a table¶

GET/api/v2/databases/{database}/schemas/{schema}/tables/{name}
Fetch a Table using the describe command output.

Path Parameters¶

ParameterDescription
name 
Identifier (i.e. name) for the resource.

Response¶

CodeDescription
200
successful
202

Create a (or alter an existing) table¶

PUT/api/v2/databases/{database}/schemas/{schema}/tables/{name}
Create a (or alter an existing) table. Even if the operation is just an alter, the full property set must be provided.

Response¶

CodeDescription
200
202

Delete a table¶

DELETE/api/v2/databases/{database}/schemas/{schema}/tables/{name}
Delete a table with the given name.

Query Parameters¶

ParameterDescription
ifExists boolean
Query parameter that specifies how to handle the request for a resource that does not exist:
  • true: The endpoint does not throw an error if the resource does not exist. It returns a 200 success response, but does not take any action on the resource.
  • false: The endpoint throws an error if the resource doesn't exist.

Response¶

CodeDescription
200
202

Clone table¶

POST/api/v2/databases/{database}/schemas/{schema}/tables/{name}:clone
Create a new table by cloning from the specified resource

Query Parameters¶

ParameterDescription
targetDatabase string
Database of the newly created table. Defaults to the source table's database.
targetSchema 
Schema of the newly created table. Defaults to the source table's schema.

Response¶

CodeDescription
200
202

Create a table like this existing one (Deprecated)¶

POST/api/v2/databases/{database}/schemas/{schema}/tables/{name}:create_like
Create a new table like the specified resource, but empty

Query Parameters¶

ParameterDescription
newTableName string
The name of the table to be created.

Response¶

CodeDescription
200
202

Create a table like this existing one¶

POST/api/v2/databases/{database}/schemas/{schema}/tables/{name}:create-like
Create a new table like the specified resource, but empty

Response¶

CodeDescription
200
202

Undrop a table¶

POST/api/v2/databases/{database}/schemas/{schema}/tables/{name}:undrop
Undrop specified table

Response¶

CodeDescription
200
202

Suspend recluster of a table (Deprecated)¶

POST/api/v2/databases/{database}/schemas/{schema}/tables/{name}:suspend_recluster
Suspend recluster of a table

Response¶

CodeDescription
200
202

Suspend recluster of a table¶

POST/api/v2/databases/{database}/schemas/{schema}/tables/{name}:suspend-recluster
Suspend recluster of a table

Response¶

CodeDescription
200
202

Resume recluster of a table (Deprecated)¶

POST/api/v2/databases/{database}/schemas/{schema}/tables/{name}:resume_recluster
Resume recluster of a table

Response¶

CodeDescription
200
202

Resume recluster of a table¶

POST/api/v2/databases/{database}/schemas/{schema}/tables/{name}:resume-recluster
Resume recluster of a table

Response¶

CodeDescription
200
202

Swap with another table (Deprecated)¶

POST/api/v2/databases/{database}/schemas/{schema}/tables/{name}:swapwith
Swap with another table

Query Parameters¶

ParameterDescription
targetTableName string
The fully-specified name of the target table to be swapped with.

Response¶

CodeDescription
200
202

Swap with another table¶

POST/api/v2/databases/{database}/schemas/{schema}/tables/{name}:swap-with
Swap with another table

Query Parameters¶

ParameterDescription
targetName 
The name of the target table to be swapped with.
targetDatabase 
Database of the target table. Defaults to the source table's database.
targetSchema 
Schema of the target table. Defaults to the source table's schema.

Response¶

CodeDescription
200
202
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